She’s not all pure: An Assessment of Tzippi Livni

While it is certainly time for Israel to once again have a woman prime minister - if only to make life uncomfortable for Shas and the other chauvinists around the cabinet table - this...

Syria reiterates Support to the Palestinian people, al-Mikdad says [i.e, Right of Return]

Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal al-Mikdad on Tuesday renewed Syria's support to the Palestinian people and their fair cause until their lands are liberated and the Palestinian refugees are back home. "Syria is working to help...

Friendly Foreign Leader Snubs Israel: Symptom of Israel’s Moral Leadership Crisis

Not many foreign heads of state stand up for Israel. When that does happen, it is newsworthy. Such is the case with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. During the Summer 2006 Lebanon conflict, Harper rejected calls...

Report: Iran Moves Assets Out Of Europe

Iran has suddenly withdrawn $75 billion of assets from Europe, anticipating threatened European Union sanctions over Tehran's alleged nuclear ambitions, the credible gulfinthemedia.com news Web site reports. Iran's refusal to suspend nuclear-enrichment activities, a process...

Incisive Insight into the News in Israel

"The Blessing" Here in Israel, we have just completed the holiday of Shavuot, which -- marking the receiving of the Torah at Sinai -- is the culmination of the Exodus from Egypt celebrated at Pesach....

Property Tax Authority – Enough!

Which is worse? Having your home being hit by a Kassam, or dealing with "Property Tax Authority" afterwards? Many residents of Sderot, whose homes and property were damaged by terrorist activities, have to live...

Dialogue with Arab students

On Thursday evening, May 29, a group of Israeli and Arab college students were aired live on Al Jazeera from Haifa from where they participated in a special two-hour program. The college students, who...

It’s relatively quiet in the Western Negev…is that so?

Three mortars landed in Kibbutz Kfar Aza Wednesday afternoon, according to Oded Plut, coordinator of emergency services for the Sha'ar HaNegev kibbutzim. One landed in the residential area of the kibbutz, damaging two houses,...

Why Israel Conquered The Golan Heights

The course of history can be changed by the determination of one man who stands up for what he believes in when he is listened to by people who are in a position of...

Incisive Commentary

Posting: June 6, 2008 "Shifting" The situation. Sometimes I see us simply going in the most frustrating circles, but now (very tentatively) I see a shift in some of what we're dealing with. We might start with...